The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-21

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Mr.. Homes of Nevada. from the conference
committee on the bill to retire the trade dol
lar made report and stated the points OF 1t
Mr. Morrill,, one of the Senate conference
said that he had not been able to concur II
the report. He stated that the coinage Of
standard silver dollars last year amounted tC
nearly $4,000, 900. He believed that, II the
coinage of standard silver dollars had beer
stopped two years ago, silver would have
been to-day at par with gold. There had al
ready beent25O, ,OO0, 900 of silver dollars coined
and OF that amount nearly S2OO,OOO,OU wa
still In the treasury, net less than S80,0OO0Ul
OF II being unrepresentod IN silver eertin'
Gates.
Mr.. Hawley said he was glad Of the oppor-
tunlty Of voting for the conference report So
as 10 remove the disgrace OF the government
seeming to repudlate what IL had made com.
he would rather have the recoinage OF the
trade dollar into standard silver dollars de,
ducted from the monthly 10000 but he did
not tnlnk that an essential point.
Mr.. Dawes said he would vote against the
report solely because it added so much to the
bullion to be carried into silver standard dol
lars, and that he regarded as peril.
=, Mr. Allison and Mr.. Mcpherson favored
the report.
). Mr.. George opposed it on the ground that
II gave q premium Of 20 per cent to specula-
tors In the trade dollars.
The vote was then taken and the report
was agreed to. Yeas, 40: nays, 8.
The nays were Messrs. Frye, George,
Jones Of Arkansas, Morrill, and Sherman.
The bill now goes to the President,
The following is the text of the bill as it
passed both houses
Be it enacted, ETC., that for period of six
months after the passage Of this act, United
States trade dollars, If not defaced, mutila-
ted or stamped shall be received at the office
OF the treasurer, or any assistant treas uIer
OF the United States, in exchange for like
amount dollar for dollar. Of standard silver
dollars OF subsidiary coins Of the United
States.
Sec. 2.-That the trade dollars received by,
paid TO-. or deposited with the treasurer, or
ry of the United States, shall not be paid out
or In any other manner issued, but at the
expense OF the United States shall be trans
ferred to the coinage mints and recoined in
TO standard silver dollars or subsidiary coin,
at the discretion of the Secretary of the
Treasury; provided that the trade dollars re-
ceiyed under this act shall not be counted as
part of the silver bullion required to be pur-
chased and coined into standard dollars as
required by the act Of February 28. 1873.
authorizing the coinage and Issuance Of
United States trade dollars are hereby re-
pealed
The Senate then considered the river and
harbor bill, and, at $50 o'clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Republicans listened very attentively
to the reading Of the report submitted by the
committee on invalid pensions, recommend
ing the passage of the pauper bill over the
Presidents veto. The democrats listened
less carefully. Tho Republicans applauded
all the arguments advanced against the bill
by the President applied as well to the Mexi-
can pension bill, which he signed.
The report states that two facts will arrest
the attention Of any one who reads the Pres
ident's message. The first is that no objec-
tion is made to the bill on any ground of its
constitutionality. and the right of Congress
to enact the law is not questioned. The
other is that the first section of the bill is
not touched upon by the message. and no
intimation is given by the President as to
whether that section of itself, embodying as
It does, an indepenpent proposition, and, in
the precise form specifically urged by the
secretary of the interior In his last annual
report, meets with his approval or disap-
proval.
Mr.. Matson Of Indiana asked that the re-
port be printed in the, Record, and. gave
notice that he would call the bill up for ac-
tion on Thursday next.
Mr.. Breckenridge Of Arkansas objected to
the report being printed in the Record.
Mr.. Matson asked unanimous consent that
the consideration be deferred until Thnrs-
day next, and. upon an objection being inter-
motion to that effect, which was carried, 13l
to 2f.
The House went into committee of the
whole for the further consideration Of the
Senate amendments to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill.
When the Senate amendment appropriating
1000 for the erection OF fences around the
cemeteries in which confederate dead are
buried near Columbus and on Johnson's
Island, o., was reached, Mr.. Burrows of
Michigan raised point Of order against the
priations committee, directing the Secretary
of War to report to Congress the number OF
Union and confederate dead who are not
buried in national state, city or town ceme-
teries, ann the probable cost of fencing and
marking their graves.
The point was sustained, and the commit
tees amendment to the Senate amendment
was stricken out.
Pending further action on the Senate
amendments, the committee rose and at 5
o'clock the House adjourned.